Teachers increase the alarm – children who fast in the Ramadan are becoming younger and younger

The gymnastics lessons are almost impossible without sufficient liquid, said the representative of the mandatory school teacher Thomas Krebs in the Ö1 “Morgenjournal”. Although the Quran does not provide for the fasting of children and adolescents under 12 or 14 years old, there is busy to do without food and drink. This can be on social media through other children, parents, communities or preachers, Krebs said.

Above all, the preachers are difficult to reach, the situation complex, Tugrul Kurt, professor of Islamic theology at the University of Vienna, reported. It was “absurd” which they would often preach. Many parents could no longer determine what their eight or nine -year -old children view on the internet. For communities, there are at least contact persons that can be contacted if they recommend fasting.

Parents insignificant
To prevent development, the professor recommends educational work. Teachers must speak with the parents of affected children. However, these are often unreasonable, indicates cancer. According to him, Muslim students in Ramadan could do without candy or their mobile phones.

Ramadan is the fast month of Muslim women and Muslims. Believers do without eating and drinking, smoking and sex from sunrise to sunset. At sunset, fasting is then broken. In some Islamic countries there are even punishments when the population (not only the Muslim) in Ramadan eats, drinks or smokes in public during the day.